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Article #74545Re: Soft patents and so on...
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1991 03:55
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1991 03:55
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In article <16MAR91.23445494@uc780.umd.edu> cs450a03@uc780.umd.edu writes: > First off, if you ever wind up in court about a patent, DO NOT claim > "it's obvious". Most judges don't think of computer design as being > obvious. Instead, claim "prior art". That's a claim is provable. DO NOT follow that advice. If you ever wind up in court about a patent, ask your lawyer what to do. He will almost certainly recommend that you challenge the patent on dozens of grounds, including obviousness (if you can get even one expert witness to agree), prior art (if you can find even one reference), fraudulent procurement, et al. ---Dan
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,65a66d71c78d0405 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-03-18 08:02:13 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Soft patents and so on... Message-ID: <4020:Mar1803:55:4791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 18 Mar 91 03:55:47 GMT References: <16MAR91.23445494@uc780.umd.edu> Organization: IR Lines: 12